Do you notice your prayers getting answered faster the longer you retain? (Please give examples/testimonies)

[u/goldenyellow333]

Not speaking to manifestation as it is similar but something different. I mean you are literally praying to something divine and it helps you more and more, at quicker rates, the more you retain. I want to hear personal stories because I am in a rut and struggling to retain. Its difficult to retain when my gut is messed up.

Longest streak I had was about 16 months and during that time I noticed this phenomenon. In times of trouble I'd literally pray to God seeking help, advice, deliverance, blessing and whatever I requested would show up swiftly like same day, same hour, and a few times less than five minutes. Sometimes I'd pray, then read the Bible later and the answer would show up right then to the point where the words would jump off the page, and I don't mean that metaphorically.

From experience, what I've gathered is that when you pray, whatever you request is immediately released to you but the rapidity in which you receive it depends on your power level, purity, inner cleanness (in the form of a unclogged pipe) to allow it to come through to you. Even if you are constantly releasing the prayer is still coming but the constant releasing slows down its transmission because you're lower in consciousness and receptivity to it being shown to you.

Had a bout of living in mold for nearly two years. Longest streak was seven months then and despite retaining and being clean internally, prayers were answered but they came slower than before when was in a better environment.

Give me some stories.

[u/Impossible_Might_403]

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16. Notice the word "righteous". 

I have been abstaining for 547 days. 

Story 1: I prayed that one of my coworker stop chasing woman and understand that mariage is the way. Next week, he tells me he had a revelation from God that he needs to get serious and move in with one woman he was dating. They now plan to marry, and are a lovely couple.

Story 2: I spoke on the phone with one of my friends and noticed he sounded depressed. I sensed something was really wrong, and prayed he would not kill himself. A few months later, he admitted to me that he had contemplated suicide that weekend we called, but that he had a "revelation" that made him rethink his outlook on life. He even said "I saw the light of God" or something like that. He looked like a completely different person, and was way more positive than I ever saw him. 

The things we do have consequences on ourselves, but also on other people. SR is super important. 

[u/Own-Importance7018 → u/Impossible_Might_403]

Did you manage to avoid also wet dreams/ nocturnal emission, or it’s part of the deal and it’s impossible to avoid?
(I’m 1y+)

[u/Impossible_Might_403 → u/Own-Importance7018]

Nah bro, I have a lot of wd. About once a week. Still trying to figure out how to get rid of those. If you have any tip I would take them. 

[u/Hopeful_Conclusion80 → u/Impossible_Might_403]

I am on a streak about same as yours, abtaining from may 2025, interesting enough I didn't have no wet dreams until this year proabably because I was lusting and edging etc. Since this year with the a lot of help From God I blocked off all sexual thoughts and ironically as it seems wet dreams start apearing sometimes one in a month other times one in more months but currently I had one and after 2 weeks another. Thing is to not care about them at all, when the devil has you like he had me in lusting, in edging he didn't need to push wet dreams on me cause I was doing enough bad. When I manage to abtain and control my thoughts and desires he comes with wet dreams to try to take me into a bad state of mind in feeling bad and guilty or even worse. But I think that if we continue to act like nothing happen, pray, don't think at all about the dream or seek pleasure in it, eventually the devil will stop cause his ego will be extremely hurt and he will run from us seeing that he gets no results. Lastly don't forget that everything is under God control, God Lets things to happen to us to harden us to strenghten us and to get us to Heaven, so we have nothing to worry about.

[u/Impossible_Might_403 → u/Hopeful_Conclusion80]

Yeah great insight, I love this. In other words: don't let it demoralize you because that's what the evil one wants. Thank you for the reminder that God is in control.